New Frontiers in Cognitive, Evolutionary, and Computational Models of the Mind
Opening Remarks
Part 1
Session 1
Constraining Visual Search to Behaviorally-Relevant Features
Neural Representation of Attentional Priority in Human Cortex
The Origin of Expert Performance
Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing
Stimulus-Driven Attention Enhances Working Memory Recall
Session 2
Optimal Discrimination in Variable Environments: The Value of Information
Of Salamanders and Scientists: An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Neural Function
Evolution of Division of Labor
Decisions, Heuristics, & Ecological Rationality
Session 3
Multimodel Neuroimaging Studies on Speech and Stuttering
Perception of Spoken Language: Exploring Music-Language Connections
Rhetorical Systems of Communication and Evolutionary Computational Models
Literary Neuroscience and fMRI
Genetic Programming and Aesthetic Decision-Making
Session 4
Molecular and Cellular Neuro-MRI
Addictive Drugs and Brain Function
Central Mechanisms of Appetite Control
Intracellular Signaling and Synaptic Function in Learning and Memory
Part 2: January 15th, 2013, Kellogg Center Auditorium
Chris Adami - MSU - Welcome, Logistics, Theme of Workshop
Jeff Hawkins - Numenta - Progress in Cortical Theory Implications for Machine Intelligence
Ken Stanley - Central Florida - The Case for Evolution in Engineering Brains
Arend Hintze and Dave Knoester - MSU - Representations: The Language of Thought?
Natalie Phillips - MSU - Literary Neuroscience: an fMRI Study of Attention and Jane Austen